Robert Saman is the chief legal officer and general counsel of Syntiant Corp. He brings to the company over 25 years of legal, corporate and international experience at top-tier global law firms and public, pre-IPO and private technology companies. Mr. Saman has extensive experience in corporate and board governance; business development and international expansion; compliance and risk management; intellectual property; public/private M&A; securities laws; and equity and debt venture financings.

Prior to joining Syntiant, Mr. Saman served as general counsel and head of human resources at Levyx Inc. Previously, he served as the chief legal officer and secretary at sTec. Prior to sTec, he held senior leadership roles within the legal departments of Gateway computers and Eclipsys Corporation.

Mr. Saman began his legal career at a top Silicon Valley law firm (Cooley). Prior to law school, he had a complementary seven-year business career that included consultancy/auditing at Ernst & Young. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, and is an inactive Certified Public Accountant.